Bulgarian Protestants Face Treason Trials Amid Spy Charge
Bulgarian authorities announce 15 Protestant ministers and officials will be tried on treason currency and spying charges. They claim 12 American and British church figures acted as contacts in the spy network, as Bulgaria's crackdown on religion continues.
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Associated Press
OFIA
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Vladimir Topencharov
New York
Northern Baptist Convention
Truman
Joseph Cardinal
Minder renty
Hungary
Ducks Get Revenge at Last in Montana Hay War
Montana farmer Ervin Weinheimer writes Senator Zales Ecton asking for aid as 5 000 ducks descend on his haystacks and feed on winter fodder. He pleads for a fair chance and even suggests government feeding as a solution to protect his cattle and crop from the hungry flock.
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WASHINGTON
Montana
Ervin Weimbheimer
Zales Ecton
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Mont
Weinheimer
Britain exports monocles to Russia shocks Commons
Harold Wilson said the number of spectacle lenses exported to the USSR from July to December 1948 was 106. He noted Britain exported monocles to Russia, addressing fears that many lenses were leaving while domestic supplies were short.
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LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Russia
Harold Wilson
board of trade
house of commons
Wilson
USSR
St Laurent Walks in Ottawa as King Era Feels New
The Ottawa Journal reports Prime Minister St Laurent strolling through central Ottawa to Parliament Hill in a black overcoat and fur hat. He chats with residents, a contrast to former Prime Minister King who rarely visited Parliament’s famed sixth floor restaurant where officials and media mingle.
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Parliament Hill
Ottawa Journal
Ottawa
King
Ask Boost For Education
Canadian Teachers Federation calls for federal aid to education in a 14 page brief to Prime Minister St Laurent. Delegation of four representing 68 000 teachers seeks national UNESO commission and tax amendments while urging earmarked federal funds to prevent provincial shortfalls in education.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Teachers’ Federation today
St. Laurent
CTF
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United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization
Canada
Pro Partition Unionist Govt Wins North Ireland
Belfast reports Sir Basil Brooke's pro partition Unionist government wins a strong mandate in Northern Ireland elections. Unionists with 31 seats lead the 38 seat body while the opposition holds 7, with 14 seats unresolved. Nationalists seek end to partition. Labour and Socialist Republicans win one each. Continued on Page Two.
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BELFAST
Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
C.S.T
Labor party
counstry
Nude bodies found in cesspool linked to double slaying
In SALLADEGA Alabama on Friday police charged 19-year-old Herbert Hoover Gentry with the murder of his wife Flannie Louie Adams and her friend Louis Deal. Gentry a former Alabama School for the Deaf student with limited speech allegedly cited a crime comic book read shortly before the killings as inspiration.
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SALLADEGA
Ala
Herbert Hoover Gentry
Alabama School for the deaf
Flannie Louie Adams
Louis Deal
Gentry
Genius
Role Of Pacific Struggle Shapes American Defense Plans
MacArthur and Washington clash over Pacific role in U S defence amid Communist gains in China and pressure for Europe focus. MacArthur seeks more troops and air power to guard Asia while officials push a global, Europe-centered defense strategy. CARE halts shipments to Hungary after pact with Budapest expires.
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Orient
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Royall
Japan
South Korea
Okinawa
Guam
China
Kremlin
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Jeacer
Tito
Stalin
United States
Siberia
New Oil Field Reported Near Edmonton by Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil announces a potential new oil field near Edmonton. The Schoepp No. 1 well, about 20 miles southwest of Edmonton and five miles northwest of Woodbend, flowed for 20 minutes in testing. Drilled to 5,380 feet in the D2 zone, its oil grade matches Leduc field at about 38 to 39 gravity.
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Woodbend
Schoepp
Leduc
Southern Farmer Killed In Alberta Snowstorm
CALGARY Feb 11 George Merkel a Herronton farmer twenty miles north and east of Blacke Alta was killed at 345 pm Thursday when an empty hayrack blew over on him during a snowstorm. His wife found him in the yard about 100 yards from the farm home. ROMP and the coroner have not yet reached the scene. A wave of minor highway accidents prompted caution on slippery roads with limited visibility. The worst stretches include the road north from Calgary to Balanc and the east highway toward Chestermere Lake.
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CALGARY
George Merkel
Herronton
Blacke
Alta
Balanc
Chestermere Lake
Blues Singer Billie Holiday Indicted for Opium Possession
Blues singer Billie Holiday and her manager John Levy were arrested in a San Francisco hotel on February 11 for possession of narcotics. A county grand jury indicted Holiday for possession. Levy was not indicted. Police found an opium pipe and narcotics at the scene.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Billie Holiday
Miss Hollday
John Levy
Levy
Edison School Burned In Alberta Blaze
A fire yesterday destroyed the Edison school located three miles west of Westlock Alberta about 57 miles northwest of Edmonton. Investigators believe the blaze began from overheated stove pipes after the furnace was banked for the night.
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Alta
Edison
here
Edmonton
Town terror sparked by false radio report in Willmar
A radio entertainer Mortis Charge spread a false tip that a carload of wild animals roamed Willmar streets. Scores of frightened residents phoned police as they formed defense parties and checked doors and lights. KWLM issued several corrections to deny the threat. The panic subsided as the falsehood became clear.
Coals To Newcastle Rainmaker Heads to Vancouver Aid
Donald Johnson and his rainmaking machine prepare to help drought hit Vancouver. He claims past drought relief in Saskatchewan and offers a low-cost service using a magnetized steel frame to draw cloud moisture from the sea. Vancouver officials have not yet decided.
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VANCOUVER
Donald Johnson
Regina
Johnson
Vancouver Sun
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hal
Alta
Alberta
Union Bill Clauses Passed in Ottawa Debate
The commons accelerate the Newfoundland entry bill to join Canada as the 10th province. After studying 68 clauses, MPs must grant third reading and seek Senate approval and UK ratification. Opposition pressed pension details, but PM St Laurent noted pensions start after Newfoundland legislature acts.
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OTTAWA
commons
Newfoundland
Canada
senate
United Kingdom
Progressive Conservative
CCF
St Laurent
Concerted Assault on Churches Claims by British Report
London reports that the foreign office says eastern European communist governments are waging a concerted assault on churches to erase ideological opposition. Fifteen Bulgarian church leaders, headlined by Vasell Zispkov, face indictment with 12 Americans and Britons named as foreign intelligence links. Noted Protestants groups include United Evangelical, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal and Congregational faiths.
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foreign office
Europe
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United Evangelical church
Vasell Zispkov
Bulgaria
Cyril Black
Princeton University
Alberta Weather and Liquor Board Report on 1948 Profits
Canadian bulletin reports Albertans endure icy blasts from the north with record lows in Edmonton and Calgary forecasting 25 below and 3 below tonight. Separately the Alberta Liquor Central Board posts net profits of 8.94 million for last nine months of 1948, up from 7.88 million in 1947.
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